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Dark Room Theater Bene-Fett: Night of a Thousand Stars…Wars
BIG NEWS from The Dark Room Theater: in December they will present a live stage version of the film Star Wars. This production is being…
MaxFunCon 2009, Creative People Being More Awesome
Jesse Thorn, producer and host of the public radio show The Sound of Young America (MaximumFun.org), is organizing MaximumFunCon, an weekend long offsite gathering of…
Dorkbot SF #38 at Million Fishes
The next Dorkbot SF takes place this Wednesday, September 10th at Million Fishes in San Francisco and features presentations by Carl Pisaturo (Orbit 2), Jonathan…
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Reports From The RNC
Here’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien canine puppet correspondent Triumph the Insult Comic Dog reporting from last week’s 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC). Back in…
Bitte Im Sitzen Pinkeln!
Here’s a German bathroom challenge that I found at a Jimmy John’s in Dearborn. That’s quite the impressive trajectory! I think that they should make…
Spore Promo Posters and T-Shirts by Zazzle
The Spore Zazzle store has a bunch of great Spore promo posters and t-shirts. Spore, the long awaited game by Will Wright where you an…
Anathem Launch Update: Simulcast Info and Neal Stephenson Video
On September 9th, San Francisco will be the site of the book launch event for Anathem the long-awaited new novel by Neal Stephenson. The above…
Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0
Back in 2006 David Armano took a look at Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0.
La Princesse, A 50 Foot Spider Invades Liverpool
La Machine, the art group based in Nantes, France that created The Sultan’s Elephant in 2006, has installed a 50ft high, 37 metric ton mechanical…
Microsoft Ads Featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates
The first Microsoft ad in the recently launched $300 million advertising campaign by Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP&B) debuted tonight featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill…